School district · California
Poway Unified
Poway Unified in California: 39 public schools with 34,259 students and 22.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $16,153 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 39
- Students
- 34,259
- Students per teacher
- 22.6
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $16,153
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,518
- Counselors (FTE)
- 81.5
- Students per counselor
- 421
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 50.0
- Librarians (FTE): 4.8
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$9.9K15
$10.3K16
$11.0K17
$10.8K18
$12.3K19
$12.0K20
$12.2K21
$14.0K22
$15.1K23
$16.2K24
- Federal
- 3.9% · $27.4M
- State
- 40% · $281.5M
- Local
- 56% · $388M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,836
- Support services
- $5,299
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $19.5M
- Long-term debt
- $1B
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 26Middle schools: 6High schools: 7
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 586 | 20.8 | |
| K–5 | 505 | 20.4 | |
| K–5 | 858 | 23.8 | |
| K–5 | 585 | 21.9 | |
| K–5 | 354 | 21.2 | |
| K–5 | 891 | 24.0 | |
| K–8 | 1,216 | 23.6 | |
| K–5 | 508 | 20.9 | |
| K–5 | 661 | 23.2 | |
| K–5 | 634 | 22.5 | |
| K–5 | 580 | 21.7 | |
| K–5 | 770 | 25.1 | |
| K–5 | 531 | 21.5 | |
| K–5 | 613 | 22.5 | |
| K–5 | 671 | 22.6 | |
| K–5 | 305 | 20.1 | |
| K–5 | 490 | 20.1 | |
| K–5 | 500 | 22.0 | |
| K–5 | 692 | 23.3 | |
| K–5 | 428 | 21.2 | |
| K–5 | 381 | 25.1 | |
| K–5 | 377 | 22.8 | |
| K–5 | 458 | 19.7 | |
| K–5 | 663 | 22.0 | |
| K–5 | 832 | 22.1 | |
| K–5 | 701 | 21.4 | |
| 6–8 | 1,487 | 22.6 | |
| 6–8 | 1,077 | 22.7 | |
| 6–8 | 972 | 21.2 | |
| 6–8 | 1,178 | 25.1 | |
| 6–8 | 1,503 | 24.9 | |
| 6–8 | 1,164 | 21.5 | |
Abraxas Continuation HighAlternative | 9–12 | 216 | 9.8 |
| 9–12 | 2,557 | 23.8 | |
| 9–12 | 1,800 | 23.2 | |
| 9–12 | 2,101 | 21.6 | |
| 11–12 | 88 | 36.5 | |
| 9–12 | 2,210 | 24.5 | |
| 9–12 | 2,116 | 24.4 |
Sources
- Address
- 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128
- Phone
- (858)521-2800
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).